Accredited Specialist
Criminal Law · 2015 – current
Criminal & traffic law
B.SocSc (Criminology), LL.B (Hons), GDLP, Acc. Spec (Crim)
Who you will deal with
Jack Leitner has practised criminal law for more than 23 years. He is an Accredited Specialist in Criminal Law, a credential conferred by the Law Society of NSW after assessment of demonstrated specialised competence and held continuously since 2015, and he is the Legal Practice Director of Australian Lawyers and Advocates, the Sydney criminal defence firm he co-founded.
He read criminology alongside law rather than before it. His combined degree paired a Bachelor of Social Science, majoring in Criminology, with a Bachelor of Laws, after which he completed the Honours program in Law and the Graduate Diploma of Legal Practice.
Jack appears regularly in Local Courts across New South Wales and in the District and Supreme Courts, principally across the Sydney metropolitan region and in other regions of NSW. His practice spans the full range of criminal and traffic matters, from minor matters in the Local Court to serious indictable matters in the District and Supreme Courts. He takes every matter seriously, because every criminal and traffic offence is significant to the person whose licence, job, visa or liberty is at stake.
Jack’s view of the solicitor-client relationship is that the client belongs on the legal team rather than on the sidelines of it. That means explaining the charge, explaining the case against you, setting out the realistic range of outcomes, and being clear about the strategy best suited to you and your matter. Advice that only tells a client what they want to hear is not advice, and it tends to cost them at the end when the outcome arrives.
He is approachable in conference and precise in court, and he understands that a criminal charge is rarely a problem confined to the courtroom.
Practice areas
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Drink and drug driving at every range, licence suspension appeals, disqualification removal, driving while disqualified, and dangerous and negligent driving.
Common assault through to grievous bodily harm, affray, robbery, domestic-violence-related charges, and applying for or defending apprehended violence orders.
Possession and use through to supply, deemed supply, commercial quantity, cultivation and manufacture, including Drug Court and diversion options.
Fraud, larceny, shoplifting, break enter and steal, receiving, identity crime, and large-scale or multi-count fraud prosecutions.
Sexual assault, sexual touching, child sexual offences, image-based abuse and historical allegations, in the District and Supreme Courts.
Bail and release applications, severity and conviction appeals, annulments, diversion and mental health applications, sentence proceedings and trials.
Credentials
Every item here is independently verifiable. That’s the point of the section.
Courts
Where Jack appears most often. Highlighted courts are the ones he is in weekly.
Jack appears in Local Courts across New South Wales, and in the District and Supreme Courts. Principally across the Sydney metropolitan region, and in other regions of NSW. If you are not sure which court your matter is listed in, the court and the date are on the first page of what you were served with, or use the court locations finder.
Every credential on this page can be checked independently. Accreditation belongs to the solicitor, not the firm, and the Law Society’s public register is the authoritative source. If a lawyer won’t point you at it, ask why.
Twenty minutes with Jack, no charge. Urgent matters answered same day, seven days.
Accredited Specialist
Conferred by the Law Society of NSW in 2015 and held continuously since. Accreditation belongs to Jack Leitner personally, not to the firm.
Bring whatever you've been sent or served with. Photographs of it are fine.
What the realistic range of outcomes is, what the next step is, and how long you've got to take it.
A written estimate before any work begins. No open accounts.
Sydney and regional NSW court appearances for interstate and out-of-town solicitors. Fixed fee, same-day confirmation, court-by-court pricing.
Contract, shareholder, debt and business disputes in every NSW court. A written view on prospects and cost before you commit to a fight.
Unfair dismissal, general protections, redundancy and restraints of trade. Acting for employees and employers. Strict 21-day deadlines apply.
Separation, property settlement, parenting arrangements and de facto claims. Clear advice at a difficult time, without inflaming it.
Wills, powers of attorney, probate and estate administration, and contesting a will in NSW. Structured properly the first time, so your family isn't left arguing.
Company structures, shareholders agreements, contracts and business sales. Set up properly now, so the dispute never starts.
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